• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 46, Issue 12, 1204006 (2019)
Mengyang Li, Tingfen Cao, Xiaodong Yuan*, Jinli Zhang, Changchun Liu, Congzhi Yi, Haiping Chen, and Xusong Quan
Author Affiliations
  • Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
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    Mengyang Li, Tingfen Cao, Xiaodong Yuan, Jinli Zhang, Changchun Liu, Congzhi Yi, Haiping Chen, Xusong Quan. Effect of Reference Surface Error on Subaperture Stitching for Flat Optics[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2019, 46(12): 1204006 Copy Citation Text show less
    Positions and correlation errors of subapertures. (a) Position distributions of subapertures and full aperture; (b) subapertures with relative tilt and translation error
    Fig. 1. Positions and correlation errors of subapertures. (a) Position distributions of subapertures and full aperture; (b) subapertures with relative tilt and translation error
    Simulation of defocusing errors of subaperture. (a) Defocusing error of reference surface; (b) accumulated error of reference surface; (c) difference between accumulated errors of subapertures 4 and 5
    Fig. 2. Simulation of defocusing errors of subaperture. (a) Defocusing error of reference surface; (b) accumulated error of reference surface; (c) difference between accumulated errors of subapertures 4 and 5
    Simulation of astigmatic errors of subaperture. (a) Astigmatism error of reference surface; (b) accumulated error of reference surface; (c) difference between accumulated errors of subapertures 4 and 5
    Fig. 3. Simulation of astigmatic errors of subaperture. (a) Astigmatism error of reference surface; (b) accumulated error of reference surface; (c) difference between accumulated errors of subapertures 4 and 5
    Simulation of higher-order errors of subaperture. (a) Coma error of reference surface; (b) stitching error of reference surface; (c) difference between stitching errors of subapertures 4 and 5
    Fig. 4. Simulation of higher-order errors of subaperture. (a) Coma error of reference surface; (b) stitching error of reference surface; (c) difference between stitching errors of subapertures 4 and 5
    Results of difference among 3 sets of subaperture stitching errors after removing tilt. (a) Subapertures 1 and 8; (b) subapertures 2 and 6; (c) subapertures 3 and 9
    Fig. 5. Results of difference among 3 sets of subaperture stitching errors after removing tilt. (a) Subapertures 1 and 8; (b) subapertures 2 and 6; (c) subapertures 3 and 9
    Simulation of reference surface error correction. (a) Test surface; (b) test surface after stitching; (c) test surface corrected by algorithm; (d) reference surface error; (e) stitching error; (f) corrected error
    Fig. 6. Simulation of reference surface error correction. (a) Test surface; (b) test surface after stitching; (c) test surface corrected by algorithm; (d) reference surface error; (e) stitching error; (f) corrected error
    Zernike coefficients corresponding to stitching and corrected errors
    Fig. 7. Zernike coefficients corresponding to stitching and corrected errors
    Experiment results of reference surface error correction. (a) Reference surface error; (b) stitching result; (c) stitching result after removing Z2-Z6 items; (d) corrected result of stitching error; (e) stitching result after removing reference surface error
    Fig. 8. Experiment results of reference surface error correction. (a) Reference surface error; (b) stitching result; (c) stitching result after removing Z2-Z6 items; (d) corrected result of stitching error; (e) stitching result after removing reference surface error
    RMS valueSecond order error (Z4~Z6)Higher order error (Z7~Z36)
    RE /λ0.12230.10180.05390.07380.10110.06090.08520.0976
    SE /λ0.39630.32970.17460.23900.09350.06770.07670.1111
    RSE/RRE3.24043.23873.23933.23850.92481.11170.90021.1383
    Table 1. Comparision of RMS of refernce surface error and stitching error
    Overlapping ratio /%39.1036.9134.7532.6230.5328.48
    Stitching error /(10-2λ)4.084.434.785.155.535.92
    Table 2. Relationship between stitching error resulted from higher-order error of reference surface and overlapping ratio
    Mengyang Li, Tingfen Cao, Xiaodong Yuan, Jinli Zhang, Changchun Liu, Congzhi Yi, Haiping Chen, Xusong Quan. Effect of Reference Surface Error on Subaperture Stitching for Flat Optics[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2019, 46(12): 1204006
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